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δ Trianguli Australis (delta Trianguli Australis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -72.20°   Az: 217.06°   Direction: South-West

δ Trianguli Australis is a double supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

δ Trianguli Australis visual magnitude is 3.85. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Trianguli Australis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of δ Trianguli Australis (delta Trianguli Australis) star
DSS2 image of δ Trianguli Australis. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Trianguli Australis during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 17m 46s
-63° 44’ 50”
10h 21m 34s
02h 39m 21s

J2000

16h 15m 26s
-63° 41’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

323.36°
-9.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Trianguli Australis (delta Trianguli Australis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.85
Supergiant

-2.55
G2I
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ Trianguli Australis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ Trianguli Australis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

δ Trianguli Australis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ Trianguli Australis double sysyem:

3.85
11.85
8
30 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Trianguli Australis is distant 620.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

190.48
620.95
-5 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Trianguli Australis
(delta Trianguli Australis)
SAO253474
SAO253474

Visibility from Your Location

δ Trianguli Australis (delta Trianguli Australis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK